A standoff mooring bar for a vehicle such as a boat or a floating aircraft
featuring an adjustable mooring bar body that is automatically locked at
the desired mooring length when a guying rope and a mooring rope are
tensioned. This body has an inner cylindrical tube telescoping within an
outer cylindrical tube, and a pair of end caps closing the telescoping
pair of tubes. The mooring rope extends through the pair of tubes by
passing through openings located in both end caps. An automatic locking
mechanism fixes the adjustable length of the telescoping pair of tubes
when the tie ends of the mooring rope and guying rope are secured during
mooring. When used in pairs on a craft, the guying ropes maintain the
craft from moving forward or backward parallel to the docking structure;
the locked telescoping tubes keep the craft from hitting and rubbing
against the docking structure, or from moving away perpendicularly.